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- From: ensrit@gdr.bath.ac.uk (R I Taylor)
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Tae Kwon Do, getting a Black Belt, etc...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.160420.28019@gdr.bath.ac.uk>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 16:04:20 GMT
- References: <1992Nov20.133134.1448@alw.nih.gov> <5DLNuB4w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
- Organization: School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, UK
- Lines: 38
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- In the referenced article, gbaker@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Greg baker) writes:
- >-
- >In my school we have a black stripe between red belt and 1st dan. We
- >also have stripes between every belt, green stripe, blue stripe,
- >etc..(I've seen schools use a yellow stripe as well.) Some schools use
- >1-3 stripes depending on the marks received at the testing.
-
- We used to have 2 yellow tags, 2 green tags, 1 blue, 1 red, 1 black.
- Silly eh?
-
- Anyway, onto my particular `problem'.
-
- I have been training for 5 years with a WTF club and reached 1st kup
- about six months ago. I've just moved here to the University of Bath
- where there is no University TKD club and `only' (no offence meant) an
- ITF club in the town.
-
- I've trained with the town club a couple of times and they seem a nice
- enough crowd. The problem is that the instructor says that he isn't
- allowed to recognise my grade and that if I want to start "training
- properly" with them then I will have to take a white belt and drop into
- the lower class (there are two groups: white to red belt and black tags
- and black belts).
-
- It's not the grade that bothers me, I don't care what colour my belt is
- really, but the training I will get. I'm always willing to practice my
- basics but I don't really want to `start again' for the sake of
- learning a new set of patterns/forms (the only difference between me
- and the rest of my current class as far as I can see).
-
- What I'd really like to do is start my own club here at the University.
- I've done a lot of teaching in the past (probably at the expense of my
- own training, but that's another story) and really enjoyed it. I doubt
- very much if I could pull that off without having a black-belt though...
-
- Any suggestions?
- --
- Richard
-